PRAYAGRAJ, March 5 -- Eleven government-aided Sanskrit secondary schools of Uttar Pradesh that are over 50 years old, are all set to get a major revamp, with support from the state government.

For the exercise, Rs.2.91 crore has been approved and Rs.1.10 crore (40%) has been released as the first instalment under Project Alankar- a state government programme that aims to modernise and revitalise secondary schools, informed officials of the state secondary education department.

Special secretary (secondary education) Alok Kumar has sent a missive in this regard to the director (secondary education) dated February 28, they added.

The most number of schools (five) for which the funds have been released, are in Varanasi, followed by two in...